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Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

Definition: The player attempting to catch the others in this game.

Definition: A male.

Example: Is your cat a he or a she?

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.

Definition: (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.

Example: The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?

Definition: (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.

Definition: A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.

Phonetic: "/huː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Phonetic: "/huː/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)

Example: I don't know who it is. (indirect question)

Definition: (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.

Example: I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.

Definition: (relative) The person or people that.

Definition: (relative) Whoever, he who, they who.

Example: It was a nice man who helped us.

Phonetic: "/peɪz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Money given in return for work; salary or wages.

Example: Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.

Phonetic: "/peɪz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

Example: he paid her off the books and in kind where possible

Definition: To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

Example: he has paid his debt to society

Definition: To be profitable for.

Example: It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.

Definition: To give (something else than money).

Example: to pay attention

Definition: To be profitable or worth the effort.

Example: crime doesn’t pay

Definition: To discharge an obligation or debt.

Example: He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.

Definition: To suffer consequences.

Example: He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.

Definition: To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

Example: I'll pay that.

Phonetic: "/peɪz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Phonetic: "/meɪ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To be strong; to have power (over).

Definition: (auxiliary) To be able; can.

Definition: To be able to go.

Definition: (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.

Example: you may smoke outside;  may I sit there?

Definition: (modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.

Example: he may be lying;  Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box

Definition: (subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).

Example: may you win;  may the weather be sunny

Definition: Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.

Phonetic: "/ɹɛst/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

Example: I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.

Definition: Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

Example: We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.

Definition: Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

Example: It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.

Definition: (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.

Example: Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.

Definition: A final position after death.

Example: She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.

Definition: A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.

Example: Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.

Definition: A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.

Definition: Absence of motion.

Example: The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.

Definition: A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.

Example: Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

Definition: Any object designed to be used to support something else.

Example: He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.

Definition: A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.

Definition: A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.

Definition: A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.

Definition: The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.

Definition: A set or game at tennis.